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  15     <title>&os; &release.current; Release Notes</title>
  16
  17     <author>
  18       <orgname>The &os; Project</orgname>
  19     </author>
  20
  21     <pubdate>$FreeBSD$</pubdate>
  22
  23     <copyright>
  24       <year>2000</year>
  25       <year>2001</year>
  26       <year>2002</year>
  27       <year>2003</year>
  28       <year>2004</year>
  29       <year>2005</year>
  30       <year>2006</year>
  31       <year>2007</year>
  32       <year>2008</year>
  33       <year>2009</year>
  34       <year>2010</year>
  35       <year>2011</year>
  36       <year>2012</year>
  37       <year>2013</year>
  38       <year>2014</year>
  39       <holder role="mailto:doc@FreeBSD.org">The &os; Documentation
  40         Project</holder>
  41     </copyright>
  42
  43     <legalnotice xml:id="trademarks" role="trademarks">
  44       &tm-attrib.freebsd;
  45       &tm-attrib.ibm;
  46       &tm-attrib.ieee;
  47       &tm-attrib.intel;
  48       &tm-attrib.sparc;
  49       &tm-attrib.general;
  50     </legalnotice>
  51
  52     <abstract>
  53       <para>The release notes for &os; &release.current; contain
  54         a summary of the changes made to the &os; base system on the
  55         &release.branch; development line.  This document lists
  56         applicable security advisories that were issued since the last
  57         release, as well as significant changes to the &os; kernel and
  58         userland.  Some brief remarks on upgrading are also
  59         presented.</para>
  60     </abstract>
  61   </info>
  62
  63   <sect1 xml:id="intro">
  64     <title>Introduction</title>
  65
  66     <para>This document contains the release notes for &os;
  67       &release.current;.  It describes recently added, changed, or
  68       deleted features of &os;.  It also provides some notes on
  69       upgrading from previous versions of &os;.</para>
  70
  71     <para releasetype="current">The &release.type; distribution to
  72       which these release notes apply represents the latest point
  73       along the &release.branch; development branch since
  74       &release.branch; was created.  Information regarding pre-built,
  75       binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be
  76       found at <uri
  77         xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para>
  78
  79     <para releasetype="snapshot">The &release.type; distribution to
  80       which these release notes apply represents a point along the
  81       &release.branch; development branch between &release.prev; and
  82       the future &release.next;.  Information regarding pre-built,
  83       binary &release.type; distributions along this branch can be
  84       found at <uri
  85         xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri>.</para>
  86
  87     <para releasetype="release">This distribution of &os;
  88       &release.current; is a &release.type; distribution.  It can be
  89       found at <uri xlink:href="&release.url;">&release.url;</uri> or
  90       any of its mirrors.  More information on obtaining this (or
  91       other) &release.type; distributions of &os; can be found in the
  92       <link
  93         xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/mirrors.html"><quote>Obtaining
  94           &os;</quote> appendix</link> to the <link
  95         xlink:href="&url.books.handbook;/">&os;
  96         Handbook</link>.</para>
  97
  98     <para>All users are encouraged to consult the release errata
  99       before installing &os;.  The errata document is updated with
 100       <quote>late-breaking</quote> information discovered late in the
 101       release cycle or after the release.  Typically, it contains
 102       information on known bugs, security advisories, and corrections
 103       to documentation.  An up-to-date copy of the errata for &os;
 104       &release.current; can be found on the &os; Web site.</para>
 105   </sect1>
 106
 107   <sect1 xml:id="new">
 108     <title>What's New</title>
 109
 110     <para>This section describes the most user-visible new or changed
 111       features in &os; since &release.prev;.</para>
 112
 113     <para>Typical release note items document recent security
 114       advisories issued after &release.prev;, new drivers or hardware
 115       support, new commands or options, major bug fixes, or
 116       contributed software upgrades.  They may also list changes to
 117       major ports/packages or release engineering practices.  Clearly
 118       the release notes cannot list every single change made to &os;
 119       between releases; this document focuses primarily on security
 120       advisories, user-visible changes, and major architectural
 121       improvements.</para>
 122
 123     <sect2 xml:id="security">
 124       <title>Security Advisories</title>
 125
 126       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 127
 128     </sect2>
 129
 130     <sect2 xml:id="kernel">
 131       <title>Kernel Changes</title>
 132
 133       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 134
 135       <sect3 xml:id="kernel-virtualization">
 136         <title>Virtualization Support</title>
 137
 138         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 139       </sect3>
 140
 141       <sect3 xml:id="kernel-arm">
 142         <title>ARM Support</title>
 143
 144         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 145       </sect3>
 146
 147       <sect3 xml:id="boot">
 148         <title>Boot Loader Changes</title>
 149
 150         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 151       </sect3>
 152
 153       <sect3 xml:id="proc">
 154         <title>Hardware Support</title>
 155
 156         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 157
 158         <sect4 xml:id="mm">
 159           <title>Multimedia Support</title>
 160
 161           <para>&nbsp;</para>
 162         </sect4>
 163
 164         <sect4 xml:id="net-if">
 165           <title>Network Interface Support</title>
 166
 167           <para>&nbsp;</para>
 168         </sect4>
 169       </sect3>
 170
 171       <sect3 xml:id="net-proto">
 172         <title>Network Protocols</title>
 173
 174         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 175       </sect3>
 176
 177       <sect3 xml:id="disks">
 178         <title>Disks and Storage</title>
 179
 180         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 181       </sect3>
 182
 183       <sect3 xml:id="fs">
 184         <title>File Systems</title>
 185
 186         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 187       </sect3>
 188     </sect2>
 189
 190     <sect2 xml:id="userland">
 191       <title>Userland Changes</title>
 192
 193       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 194
 195       <sect3 xml:id="rc-scripts">
 196         <title><filename>/etc/rc.d</filename> Scripts</title>
 197
 198         <para>&nbsp;</para>
 199       </sect3>
 200     </sect2>
 201
 202     <sect2 xml:id="contrib">
 203       <title>Contributed Software</title>
 204
 205       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 206     </sect2>
 207
 208     <sect2 xml:id="ports">
 209       <title>Ports/Packages Collection Infrastructure</title>
 210
 211       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 212     </sect2>
 213
 214     <sect2 xml:id="releng">
 215       <title>Release Engineering and Integration</title>
 216
 217       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 218     </sect2>
 219
 220     <sect2 xml:id="doc">
 221       <title>Documentation</title>
 222
 223       <para>&nbsp;</para>
 224     </sect2>
 225   </sect1>
 226
 227   <sect1 xml:id="upgrade">
 228     <title>Upgrading from Previous Releases of &os;</title>
 229
 230     <para arch="amd64,i386">Binary upgrades between RELEASE versions
 231       (and snapshots of the various security branches) are supported
 232       using the &man.freebsd-update.8; utility.  The binary upgrade
 233       procedure will update unmodified userland utilities, as well as
 234       unmodified <filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel distributed as
 235       a part of an official &os; release.  The &man.freebsd-update.8;
 236       utility requires that the host being upgraded have Internet
 237       connectivity.</para>
 238
 239     <para>Source-based upgrades (those based on recompiling the &os;
 240       base system from source code) from previous versions are
 241       supported, according to the instructions in
 242       <filename>/usr/src/UPDATING</filename>.</para>
 243
 244     <important>
 245       <para>Upgrading &os; should only be attempted after
 246         backing up <emphasis>all</emphasis> data and configuration
 247         files.</para>
 248     </important>
 249   </sect1>
 250 </article>